| Month | Date | Festival | Notes |
| 1st Month | 1st-7th | New Year Festival Losar | A week-long drama and carnivals, horse races and archery |
| 1st Month | 4th-25th | Monlam Prayer Festival | The Great Prayer Festival, a tradition begun by Tsong Khapa. Many pilgrims gather at Jokhang in Lhasa |
| 1st Month | 15th | Lantern Festival | Commemorates Buddha's miracle at Sravasti. Fires are lit on roofs, and lamps in windows |
| 2nd Month | 28th-29th | - | Festival to drive out evil spirits and expel the scapegoat. Lamas encircle Lhasa with trumpets |
| 4th Month | 7th | Pilgrim Festival | Important month for pilgrims. -the birth of Buddha Sakyamuni |
| 4th Month | 15th | Saka dawa | Celebrates the birth and Enlightenment of Sakyamuni and his entry to Nirvana. An outdoor opera is held and captured animals released. Worshippers flock to the Jokhang in Lhasa to pray. |
| 5th Month | 14th-16th | Hanging of the Thangka | A giant thangka is hung at Tashilhunpo in Shigatse |
| 5th Month | 15th | Incense Festival | On this day ghosts are said to prowl. Tibetans dress up and party to drive away the spirits. |
| 5th Month | 15th-24th | Sho Dun Festival | Literally, the "Yoghurt Festival." Worship of the Buddha. Picnics and operas are held in parks particularly under the trees at Norbulingka. There are often bonfires at night. |
| 6th Month | 4th | Buddha's sermon | A feast is held to commemorate Buddha's first sermon. Pilgrims climb holy mountains such as Chokbori |
| 6th month | 6th | Cham-ngyon-wa, or "Old Dance" | Celebrated at the Cho-ne Monastery, representing the souls of the departed. |
| 7th month | beginning | Washing Festival | Lasts about a week. People go to the river to wash themselves and their clothes. Said to cure any sickness. |
| 7th Month | end | Ongkar Festival | Literally 'Looking around the fields'. Ensures a good harvest. Horse-racing, archery contests and opera |
| 7th/8th Month | All | Golden Star Festival | The Golden Star festival is held to wash away passion, greed and jealousy and to abandon ego. Ritual bathing in rivers takes place and picnics are held |
| 8th Month | 1st-10th | Dajyur Festival | The Dayjur is held in Gyantse and Damxung -horse racing and light hearted sports competitions and games takes places |
| 8th Month | 1st-7th | Harvest Festival | The festival is held with prayers, dancing, singing and drinking |
| 8th Month | 14st-16th | Buddha painting unfolding festival | Lamas unfold large thangkas on walls and mountains. |
| 9th Month | 22nd | - | Buddha's descent from heaven after preaching to his mother is commemorated. All monasteries are opened and pilgrims gather |
| 10th Month | 25th | Tsong Khapa memorial | Memorial festival of Tsong Khapa's death - fires are lit on the roofs of the monasteries and lamps are lit |
| 12th Month | 1st-7th | New Year Festival | New Year Festival in Shigatse |
| 12th Month | 5th-6th | Meeting of the Eight Guardians | The Meeting of the Eight Guardians and demons where Tibetans stay indoors to avoid evil outside |
| 12th Month | 29th | Banishing Evil Spirits | A "Devil Dance" is held to drive out all evil from the Old Year to prepare for New Year. |
|
Pilgrims at Jokhang, Lhasa during Monlam
Dancing at Sho Dun Festival, Norbulingka, 1993
